Immigration Project

On February 20, 2014, VOLS and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett collaborated to host a legal clinic to help immigrant youth apply for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a temporary form of relief which benefits immigrants who were brought to the United States as children....Read more

VOLS collaborates with the New Economy Project (formerly NEDAP) to help DACA Eligible students apply for the NYC DREAMER Loan fund. For more information on interest-free loans to youth who cannot afford the $465 DACA application fee, see the link below:...Read more

On December 6th, Fordham Law School will hold a conference titled "Representing Immigrant Youth: Ethics and Other Emerging Topics in Special Immigrant Juvenile Practice," sponsored by Fordham's Feerick Center for Social Justice and the New York County Lawyers' Association. Liz Markuci, Director ...Read more

Recently, attorneys volunteering through VOLS' Immigration Project completed deferred action applications for 15 immigrant students. In addition to help preparing their deferred action applications, these students will receive full legal representation throughout the process....Read more

James came to the United States from Nigeria to provide a better life for his family. In 2002, a few years after arriving in New York, he arranged for his two sons, Pope and Niko, to come to the United States on 6-month visitor's visas. Wanting his sons to grow up in their father's presence, he...Read more

On July 10, 2012, Liz Markuci, the Director of VOLS' Dream Not Deferred Project, met with 40 very hopeful students and parents to discuss Secretary Janet Napolitano’s June 15th memorandum directing the Department of Homeland Security to exercise prosecutorial discretion to temporarily suspend or ...Read more